11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020): Recent submissions
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Road safety problems associated with increased use of e-powered personal mobility vehicles. Kaunas city case study
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)Increased use of e-powered personal mobility vehicles is usually considered as a positive change; it is generally agreed that Personal Mobility Vehicles (PMVs) effectively and efficiently reduce negative environmental ... -
On application of Combined Pile-Raft Foundations for road structures
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)Roads and road infrastructure systems are designed to satisfy ultimate and serviceability conditions under long-term actions caused by transport loadings and environmental effects. Selected design solutions must be safe ... -
Building management system in WebBIM environment
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)Geographical information systems (GIS) and Building information modelling (BIM) provide digital representation of building, its elements and environment. BIM focuses on micro-level representation of buildings and its ... -
Humanizing Vilnius old town by the sump measures: when less is more
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)The Old Town of Vilnius City is a valuable site included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. One of the most important tasks is to protect the area from noise, pollution, and vibration caused by transport. Currently, over ... -
Analysis of existing passenger traffic by mode of transport and assessment the competitiveness high-speed traffic in Ukraine
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)The article analyses the volume of passenger traffic from 1990 to 2019 for land, water and air transport. From the materials obtained and the experience of the networks of European and world high-speed railways, goals are ... -
Rural road reverse engineering using BIM: an Italian case study
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)The use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) is changing the way to perceive, manage and maintain any infrastructural project. The concept of Smart Roads relaunches the transport infrastructure sector through the digital ... -
Analysis and evaluation of the impact of railway infrastructure parameters changes on “Rail Baltica” project implementation
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)“Rail Baltica” project is priority project No 27 “Rail Baltica” axis Warsaw-Kaunas-Riga-Tallinn-Helsinki, approved by Decision No 884/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 amending Decision ... -
Traffic capacity analysis in a one-lane roadwork zone
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)Interventions to road are always required to keep road network in a good condition for this reason road works such as maintenance or reconstruction are carried out regularly. Roadwork zone distorts typical driving conditions ... -
Dependence of vehicle collisions with roe deer on spatial and temporal factors in Lithuania
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)Rising road densities, vehicle speeds limits and traffic volumes, combined with recent growth in the population density of various deer species, have increased the risk of DVCs across the world, causing a great deal of ... -
Analysis of design and technological processes of hot recycling asphalt mixture at batch asphalt mixing plants
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)European Union members seek to establish the principles of a circular economy, which is based on the efficient use of raw materials and resources. This requirement will have an impact on business and in particular on the ... -
An innovative tool for the evaluation of NOx emissions from road traffic
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)In the last years, there was great interest in the development of tools for an effective evaluation of road transport pollutant-related emissions, especially in the urban areas. This paper represents an innovative approach ... -
Intelligent transport systems exploiting smart wireless sensing nodes
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)Future smart cities that will exploit the forthcoming fifth-generation (5G) network will strongly contribute to the development of intelligent transport systems, which will be able to effectively manage changing infrastructural ... -
The study of road pavement performance through impact hammer tests
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)Noise pollution has become an important issue. One of the main sources of noise in residential areas is represented by transportation and by the interaction between tyre and road surface. Several studies illustrate that ... -
Evaluation of gradation variation of the granite aggregates used in asphalt mixtures at their manufacturing place
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)Asphalt mixture gradation homogeneity is one of the key factors for proper laying and compaction during road pavement and its long-term maintenance afterwards. To achieve the good quality asphalt mixture homogeneity of ... -
Assessment of the depth and rate of corrosion in steel reinforcement of reinforced concrete culverts
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)Based on the results of many research years on concrete carbonisation: both immediately after manufacture (using heat-moisture treatment) and in reinforced concrete elements operated for the periods of various length (in ... -
Evaluation of the European legislative framework in assessing the vulnerability of surface and groundwater bodies to road runoff
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)This article presents an overview of the current European practices with regards to protecting surface water and groundwater bodies, in what concerns the application of legislation to protect water resources and to evaluate ... -
Public transport route network optimization criteria’s for cities
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)The city’s approach to transport management is defined by the City Master Plan and City Strategic Plan and Vilnius Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (Vilnius Sustainable Mobility Plan − SUMP, 2018), which have identified ... -
Investigation of lead and iron removal from groundwater using sapropel and quartz sand
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)In Prey Nop district of Cambodia, a district in coastal area, it was observed that concentration of iron and lead in groundwater was higher than permissible values. Lead is a highly toxic heavy metal, while iron is an ... -
Land drainage development processes and changes in the context of runoff change in northern Lithuania
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)The impact of the drainage of excessively wet land on river runoff has so far been assessed differently and very carefully because of its complexity and diversity. The article analyses changes of drained land areas and ... -
Large scale soil-aquifer-treatment (SAT-MAR) physical model experiments to improve water quality
(11th International Conference “Environmental Engineering” (ICEE-2020), 2020)The effluents from agriculture practices usually contain several contaminants creating an environmental concern to downgradient water bodies. The use of SAT systems to improve the effluents water quality, during the transport ...